Amazon is making some of its family-friendly programming available for free on Prime Video as a response to the COVID-19 crisis. Content is available to all Amazon customers — no Prime membership is required. (If you do not have an Amazon account, you will have to create one.)
Click here to see the free Amazon movies and TV shows for kids.
We're pleased to announce that hold redelivery is now live! Hold redelivery is a new feature that gives you more control over your holds. This means you are able to defer checking out a hold when it becomes available. The feature is available on both Libby and Overdrive. Read more about this new feature from Overdrive.
Audible Stories is going to be free as long as kids are out of school. They can be streamed with a computer, phone or tablet, and you can choose from six different languages. Read here for more information from Audible.
We are currently tutoring a number of students remotely with the Zoom app. If this is something that would interest your K-12 student, please contact jgatlin@minlib.net. We will be happy to work with your student!
For more information about the Homework Center, visit the Homework Center page.
Book drops are closed while the buildings are closed.
Hold on to your materials; fines during this period will be waived.
Due to COVID-19 and the closure of the Library, the Friends are unable to accept any donations at this time. We will update you when we are up and running again. Please do not leave donations outside Library doors or near book drops. Thank you.
Starting Monday March 16th we’ve opened free, unlimited access to Kanopy Kids to all of our partnering libraries. Your community’s kids can enjoy quality educational content like Sesame Street, Arthur, and even benefit from language learning series. Free access will be available for 30 days. If you don't know about Kanopy, click here.
We are working on ramping up our online events using the web-based video conferencing tool Zoom. Try attending an online event! Click here for a listing of scheduled online events.
While we are in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, our Collection Development Librarian and Library Director have worked with Hoopla to increase the number of items you can borrow from five to ten per calendar month. Digital books, comics and audiobooks from Hoopla are available for 21 days. There are no holds and everything may be downloaded instantly. Use on a computer or download the app. Hoopla access is reserved for Framingham residents. Click here to go to Hoopla.
Thanks to the help of more than 250 generous families and institutions, the Framingham Public Library Foundation has met its $150K goal to purchase and equip an accessible bookmobile. In November, the Foundation plans to hold a donor appreciation event for those who helped make the Bookmobile a reality. The Bookmobile will begin service in Framingham in April, 2019.